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Debt Ceiling: Who Crossed Party Lines?

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Debt Ceiling: Who Crossed Party Lines? The House vote on extending the debt ceiling for three months was one of the more truly bipartisan votes we’ve seen in a while. A significant number of Republicans — 33 of them — voted against the bill put forward by their party’s leadership. And...


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Romney Heads to DC…A Few Days Late

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Romney Heads to DC…A Few Days Late Mitt Romney is headed to Washington, D.C. Not in the way he would have liked and not in time for Monday’s inauguration, but the former GOP presidential candidate and his wife, Ann, will be in D.C. Friday for a luncheon reception in their honor at...


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Bigger iPhone Screens Coming? Not Yet

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Bigger iPhone Screens Coming? Not Yet If you follow iPhone rumors closely — and we mean really closely — you might have heard the one about a larger screen for the next iPhone.  Rumors this week from China suggested Apple was working on a 4.8-inch screen; the screen on the iPhone...


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The Teen Star Who Beat Serena Williams

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The Teen Star Who Beat Serena Williams Some may call it the shock heard around the tennis world. Sloane Stephens defeated one of the greatest players to lace up tennis shoes, Serena Williams, a tennis player whose poster once adorned Stephens' bedroom wall.


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How the 2016ers Played at Benghazi Hearings

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How the 2016ers Played at Benghazi Hearings Wednesday’s hearings with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have been about Benghazi, but they also stoked some 2016 chatter, as they included three politicians who could wind up as big names in the next presidential election. In the hot seat: potential Democratic candidate Hillary...


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Prince Harry Doesn't Know 'Normal' Now

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Prince Harry Doesn't Know 'Normal' Now Prince Harry arrived home today from his tour of duty in Afghanistan and said it has made him a stranger to normality. He says a 7-year-old girl was killed on his last day there.


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Video Search for Doctor's Killer

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Video Search for Doctor's Killer Investigators in Philadelphia have collected hours of surveillance video and canvassed the neighborhood where a hog-tied pediatrician was found dead and on fire in the basement of her home.


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Apple Sells 47.8M iPhones as Shares Fall

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Apple Sells 47.8M iPhones as Shares Fall Apple stock took a hit after its first quarter earnings were released on Wednesday afternoon, with lower than expected iPhone sales.


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Hillary Clinton Endures Brusque Questioning at Hearings

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Hillary Clinton Endures Brusque Questioning at Hearings Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a House Foreign Affairs Committee today that an emphasis on security in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past decade diverted resources from other outposts around the world.


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Homecoming Surprise for Tennessee Teen

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Homecoming Surprise for Tennessee Teen Three Tennessee homecoming king nominees made a unanimous and touching decision that no matter who won they would give the crown to a beloved student with a genetic condition.


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Photos: Sub-Zero Temperatures Hit U.S.

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Photos: Sub-Zero Temperatures Hit U.S. Winter weather and cold temperatures across the U.S.


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Woman Sues FBI, TSA, Frontier Airlines Over 9/11 Strip Search

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Woman Sues FBI, TSA, Frontier Airlines Over 9/11 Strip Search A half-Jewish, half-Arab Ohio woman is suing Frontier Airlines, the FBI, TSA and other government agencies after she says was removed at gunpoint from a flight on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, strip-searched and jailed because of her ethnicity. "I know now that my only crime on that day was an ethnic name and arbitrary seat assignment," said Shoshana Hebshi, a 36-year-old freelance journalist born in California to a Jewish mother and a Saudi father, said at a press conference Tuesday.


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Arizona Woman 'Escapes' FLDS Community

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Arizona Woman 'Escapes' FLDS Community Ruby Jessop's children are thrilled to be off of a strictly imposed all-bean diet ordered by jailed FLDS polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.


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Missing Man Found But 'Incoherent'

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Missing Man Found But 'Incoherent' A Coast Guard rescue swimmer who disappeared more than three months ago following an investigation into his use of illegal drugs, mysteriously returned to his Hawaiian home Sunday night, incoherent and offering little clues as to where he had been, authorities said.


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Pentagon to Allow Women in Combat

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Pentagon to Allow Women in Combat Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will lift a long-standing ban on women serving in combat, according to senior defense officials. The move, first reported by the Associated Press, was not expected this week, although there has been a concerted effort by the Obama administration to further open up the Armed Forces to women. Women have been officially prohibited from serving in combat since a 1994 rule that prohibited them from serving in ground combat units. Panetta's deicision will set a...

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Clinton Says Iran, Afghanistan Diverted Embassy Resources

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Clinton Says Iran, Afghanistan Diverted Embassy Resources Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a House Foreign Affairs Committee today that an emphasis on security in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past decade diverted resources from other outposts around the world.


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Cops Deliver Baby in Chicago-Area Traffic Jam

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Cops Deliver Baby in Chicago-Area Traffic Jam A deadly car accident outside of Chicago today almost proved devastating for a woman going into labor, but the quick work of first responders led to a successful – if nerve-racking – birth. Hector Morales and his wife were heading to the hospital in Cicero,...


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